Newfoundland Motorcycle Practice Test 02

Are you ready to hit the roads of Newfoundland on your motorcycle? Before you can experience the freedom of riding, it’s important to pass your motorcycle test and ensure that you are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge for safe driving.

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What should you do if your throttle sticks?

Immediately squeeze the clutch lever

Ride the front brake

Roll the throttle slightly to loosen it

Ride the rear brake

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Which statement is FALSE? To operate a motorcycle on uneven surfaces, you should...?

Maintain speed

If you have to cross the tracks, slow down and cross as close to a 90-degree angle as possible

Straighten out your course so that the motorcycle is upright

Rise slightly on the footpegs so that you can absorb the shock with your knees and elbows

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Which statement is FALSE? When you report for the balance test you should have...?

Motorcycle registration permit

Proof of insurance (pink liability card)

Your motorcycle - with only a few defects

An approved helmet and eye protection

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Which statement is FALSE? To drive safely at night, you must do these things...?

Allow a shorter distance between yourself and the vehicle ahead so you can use their headlights

Reduce your speed and don't overdrive your headlights. Be sure you are going slowly enough to stop before reaching something your headlight shows on the road ahead

Use the vehicle ahead. Its headlights can give you a better view of the road and its bouncing tail lights can alert you to bumps or rough pavement

Use your high beam whenever you are not following or meeting a vehicle to get all the light you can

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Which statement is FALSE? What should you do if a car is coming at you in your lane?

Stand up to make yourself more visible

Ride toward the right shoulder of the road

Sound your horn

Brake

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The contact patch of your two tires with the road surface is approximately equal to the size of...?

The width of your hand

Your foot

Your palm

Your two fists

7 / 30

Speed limits posted on curves apply to...?

4-wheeled vehicles

Good conditions

Inexperienced drivers

All of these

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The trick to making a quick turn is...?

Keep the bike upright as much as possible

To get the motorcycle to lean quickly in the opposite direction you wish to turn

Leaning forward to add more weight over the front wheel

To get the motorcycle to lean quickly in the direction you wish to turn

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The sharper the turn...?

The more you must lean

The less you need to lean

None of these

Quicker you move

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Why should you stay away from the edge of the road when you make sharp turns at intersections or enter and leave freeways at high speed?

All of these

Dirt or gravel tends to collect there

It offers less visibility

The aerodynamics is worse in those conditions

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When approaching two lanes of vehicles stopped at a traffic light, you should stop where?

Between both lanes

At the bumper of either vehicle

To the far right for better visibility

Behind the last vehicle in either lane

12 / 30

What increases stopping distances?

Inexperience

Older motorcycles

All of these

Skids

13 / 30

Both of the passenger's feet should always...?

Hang down while cruising

Be on their pegs

Be on the back of your pegs

Hanging back

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What should you not do if you develop a speed wobble?

Hold the handlebars firmly instead of loosely

Gradually release the throttle

Brake

Ease off the road

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To get a motorcycle licence in our province you must be a minimum of...?

21 years of age

15 years of age with parental approval

18 years of age

16 years of age with parental approval

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What can cause a skid on slippery surfaces?

Sudden changes in speed or direction

Older bikes

All of these

Actions from other road users

17 / 30

Which statement is FALSE? You are required to pass...?

A road test in traffic

Written and sign test

A test on instruments

A motorcycle balance test maneuver

18 / 30

How often should you check your mirrors?

Every 5 seconds

Every 12 seconds

Every 2 seconds

Every 10 seconds

19 / 30

It is best to slow down and change gears...?

As you begin the turn

While turning

All of these

Before the turn

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Which statement is FALSE? The following are steps required to start a motorcycle on a hill...?

Release the clutch gradually. If you release it too quickly, the front wheel may come off the ground or the engine may stop - or both

Do not touch the brake while you start the engine and shift into first gear

Change to the foot brake to hold the cycle while you operate the throttle with your right hand

Open the throttle a little bit for more power

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Which statement is FALSE? The motorcycle balance test will consist of these maneuvers...?

Controlling the engine (starting and shutting down the engine during the test)

Straight line balance (riding as quickly as you can through a pylon course)

Upshifting/downshifting (changing gears while riding

operating the controls (being able to designate any of the major-minor operating controls)

22 / 30

Your chances of getting out safely depend upon...?

All of these

How quick your motorcycle accelerates

How slow the other vehicle near you are moving

Your ability to react quickly

23 / 30

If the rear tire blows, maintain your position on the machine and...?

Brake

Ease off the throttle

Coast off the road and eventually stop

Tap the throttle slightly

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Which statement is FALSE? If a front tire blows, you should do the following...?

Try to steer straight

Hang on firmly

Push the throttle forward

Shift your weight to the rear

25 / 30

With a Level I license, permitted on highways where posted speed limit exceeds 80 KM/H?

Only with a supervisor driver

Only during certain periods of the day

Yes

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When you ride over rain grooves or a metal bridge grating, the motorcycle will tend to...?

Lose steering ability

None of these

Wander back and forth

Skid with the rear wheel

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Which statement is FALSE? As a Level I motorcycle operator, you will be restricted to these conditions while learning...?

Passenger NOT permitted

Novice driver must have a BAC of 0 mg % and accompanying driver cannot exceed 50 mg % BAC

No upgrade to commercial class. Not permitted to drive after darkness (one half hour before sunset to one half hour after sunrise

Accompanied by a licenced motorcycle driver with 2 years driving experience, on another motorcycle or in a motor vehicle

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You should not consider carrying passengers until...?

All of these

Your license qualifies you to carry them

Your insurance allows for it

You have become comfortable driving your motorcycle

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Matching engine power and vehicle speed is generally referred to as...?

Pushing the power

Clutching out

Slapping the clutch

Clutching in

30 / 30

Which of the following does not cause a front wheel wobble?

A new mounted windshield

Unequal tire inflation

Bent or misaligned wheel

Loose bearings

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